THE minnows take on Lennon's Celtic today in the Scottish Cup, and Kerr says they go to Parkhead with nothing to lose.

BRIAN KERR was horrified when he heard Neil Lennon had got it in the neck from a cranky Celtic fan.

But he knows the fiery Parkhead boss would get an even bigger mouthful if minnows Arbroath were to rip up the script and pull off the unthinkable in today’s Scottish Cup clash.

Kerr was a big admirer of Lennon as a player and even crossed swords with him several times.

The 31-year-old reckons it’s ridiculous for the Hoops gaffer to receive criticism in a season when he has Celts in one semi-final, top of the SPL and on the verge of the last 16 of the Champions League.

Kerr said: “Lennon has done an amazing job in his time in charge. He could do no wrong when they beat Barcelona recently and just a while later he’s having to take flak from a fan.

“It’s bang out of order for someone like him to be taking that after what he has done for Celtic.

“It was bad enough against Inverness but if we were to get a positive result through there could you imagine the reaction?